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Murdered nurses brother voices frustration outside Brisbane inquest
Brisbane 4000 A man has told an inquest into the cold-case murders of two women west of Brisbane that he feared he would be killed if he went to police with his evidence.Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson, 20, and Wendy Evans, 18, disappeared in 1974 while hitchhiking from Brisbane to Goondiwindi.Two years later, their remains were found in bushland at Murphys Creek in the Toowoomba ranges, west of ...
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Man dies after Outback sleepout
EXCLUSIVE: THE same-sex marriage debate is set to heat up in the Senate with a new call for marriage to be defined in the constitution as between a man and ...
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Raped and left for dead
They were abducted, raped, bashed and left for dead. The coronial inquest into the 1974 murders of Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans has heard extraordinary evidence from a fresh witness who claimed a friend confessed to being one of men involved in the killings more than three decades ago. Ms Wilson and Ms Evans - two nurses from Sydney's St George Hospital - headed to ...
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Reef operators fear backlash
Far north Queensland tour operators fear negativity about the Great Barrier Reef could affect tourism in the region. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee will list the natural wonder as “in danger” next year if state and federal governments do not address priority conservation issues. “If you read all the media being generated as a result of UNESCO, you would think it was all ...
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Townsville prison farm escapee pleads guilty
Townsville 4810 A convicted sex offender has been jailed for nine months for escaping from a north Queensland prison farm in April.Algana Tiers, 26, fled from the low-security facility in Townsville, sparking a major manhunt. He was captured a day later. Tiers appeared in the Townsville Magistrates Court today and pleaded guilty on four charges, including contravening a supervision order, ...
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No charges over uni nepotism CMC
THE Crime and Misconduct Commission will not refer charges against Paul Greenfield, the University of Queensland vice-chancellor ousted after a nepotism scandal two years ...
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Private sector to fast-track projects
The Newman government is preparing a new wave of public-private partnerships to get road projects - and future health and school projects - finished sooner than expected. Premier Campbell Newman has told an Infrastructure Partnerships Australia function in Brisbane that he was working with Transport Minister Scott Emerson on a new "availability PPP" model for road projects. Under an ...
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Let crossing carry cars RACQ
The RACQ supports a single-lane road bridge stretching from Bellbowrie at Birkin Road to Sumner Road at Riverhills with a wide cycling and pedestrian path. ‘‘I believe Brisbane City Council looked at a smaller scale bridge there and perhaps at some alternative locations,’’ he ...
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Leadership issue is behind us
Labor MP and Rudd-backer Joel Fitzgibbon declines to be drawn on leadership number counting, but Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg says it's only a matter of ...
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IBM quietly axes Australian jobs
IBM Australia is in the midst of axing up to 1500 Australian staff in a reshuffle that will send many jobs offshore to Asia and New Zealand, according to sources. Affected staff have told Fairfax Media between 1200 and 1500 local jobs are being made redundant this year in several ...
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Clive Palmers nickel firm drops Townsville basketball sponsorship
The Townsville Fire basketball team says it is urgently seeking a major sponsor after losing the support of Clive Palmer's business, Queensland Nickel. The north Queensland side placed second in the competition last season. The team says Queensland Nickel indicated it was happy with the Fire's performance, but has been forced to cut sponsorship due to internal ...
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Final witnesses to face nurse inquest
"I would have been shocked at the time but I don't remember any of it," Ms Sandercock said.Mr Chowdhury said Ms Sandercock's statement said the woman told her two men picked up the girls and called them "p---k-teasers" because they wouldn't have sex with them and wanted to teach them a lesson.He said Ms Sandercock's statement said one of the women was ...
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Man jailed for explicit cartoons
The Brisbane District Court was told Corey Daniel Daly, 21, of Caboolture began downloading his bizarre collection when he was at age 13.Daly's lawyers said that although the collection was large, more than 90 per cent of it involved depictions of cartoon characters engaged in acts unlikely to be seen on mainstream television.Barrister Bruce Mumford, for Daly, said his client had no idea ...
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Legionnaires linked to pipes
A deadly legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a Brisbane hospital has been linked to its pipes, prompting an investigation into an earlier death at the facility and a probe into a defunct household energy efficiency program. Queensland Health has revealed there was a deadly case of legionnaires' disease at Brisbane's Wesley Hospital two years ago. A patient died in October 2011 of ...
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Newman told to keep quiet
Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie has advised Premier Campbell Newman and his ministers not to make further comment on the Flegg tapes unearthed last week. "I did take the view that the Premier ought not be making any comment on the recordings," Mr Bleijie said. "Because although recordings are legal in Queensland between private citizens and individuals, when you publish those ...
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Search for link to 2011 Legionnaires death
QUEENSLAND Health believes there could be a link between a Legionnaire's disease-related death in 2011 at the Wesley Hospital and the latest ...
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Bikies brawl tipped to trigger more arrests
Coolangatta 4225 Gold Coast police say they expect to make more arrests over a brawl at Coolangatta.Five members and associates of the Finks outlaw motorcycle club were yesterday charged with affray.A man in his 60s was punched in the face during the incident earlier this month as he tried to film the fight on his mobile phone.Detective Inspector Brian Swan says investigations are ...
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Kowanyama traditional owners take back Cape land
Kowanyama 4871 A 240,000 hectare area of western Cape York in far north Queensland has been formally handed back to traditional owners.The State Government has recognised the Kowanyama people's rights over the area, which does not include the township.The freehold title deed has been given to the local native title body corporate.The Assistant Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...
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Powell says port developments no threat to Barrier Reef
QLD The Queensland Government says it is confident the Great Barrier Reef will not be put on the 'in danger' list when a UN committee meets again next year.The World Heritage Committee yesterday announced it would defer making a final decision on the reef to 2014.The Greens say the new deadline is effectively a 'show cause' notice for the state and federal governments to ...
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Police search for missing central Queensland couple
Mount Morgan 4714 Police are searching an area at Mt Morgan, south of Rockhampton, for any sign of a missing central Queensland couple.Chantal Barnett, 27, and Robert Martinez, 26, have not been seen since late February or early March.Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Moon says Rockhampton police launched the search after a tip-off from the public. "We're conducting a search in the ...
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Virgin inks deal to support runway
VIRGIN Australia has become the first airline to sign a deal with Brisbane Airport Corporation that will support the development of a new ...
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Car tip leads to new search for couple
A TIP-OFF about a silver car seen in a remote part of Rockhampton has prompted police to launch a fresh search to find missing pair Robert Martinez and Chantal ...
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Legionnaires linked to hospital pipes
Legionella bacteria likely contaminated the hot water supply of a major Brisbane hospital through redundant piping, it has been revealed. Queensland Health has also revealed there was a further deadly case of legionnaires' disease at Brisbane's Wesley Hospital two years ago. A patient died in October 2011 of the disease. Authorities could not determine the source of the disease at ...
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Alcohol restrictions the communities
Aurukun Kowanyama Lockhart River Mornington Island (two licensed venues with restrictions) Napranum Pormpuraaw (One licensed venue with restrictions) Woorabinda Wujal Wujal Restricted communities (Limitations vary, but can include no full-strength beer, spirits or fortified ...
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Alcohol ban challenge fails in High Court
The High Court has accepted an indigenous woman's argument that alcohol restrictions on a Queensland island targeted indigenous people, but has rejected her bid to have the restrictions removed. Joan Maloney, an indigenous resident of Palm Island, was convicted of possessing a bottle of rum and a bottle of bourbon in a public place, in breach of the island's alcohol restrictions. The ...
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Cost of driving is becoming punitive in Brisbane
Is driving in Brisbane becoming punitively expensive? With the recent toll increases, on top of those made in 2006 and 2008, as well as last year, and the recent mis-management surrounding the privatisation of major roads in Sydney, it seems that using major roads in Brisbane is going to become even more expensive.
Brisbane, like many cities across Australia, is facing a mounting budget deficit in the wake of the near-crippling financial crisis and ensuing recession, as the state capital, it must also oversee Queensland’s plunge in revenues, which has created a budget deficit of over $2.3 billion for the state. Read more
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